The four secondary school students selected for mentorships will each be matched with a professional writer/mentor in their genre, as part of the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) 2024 Youth Mentorship Programme.
The graphic reveals the extent of the violence gripping the capital, with more than 1,000 homicides having taken place since Mr Khan began his stint in City Hall in 2016.
Knife crime in particular continues to be a colossal problem in London, with a total of 18 teenagers stabbed to death in the capital city in 2023, with Croydon, Lambeth and Newham the areas most plagued
The heartbreaking rollcall of teenagers killed in the capital this year has been laid bare on a map as a schoolgirl stabbed in Croydon over nothing yesterday tragically became the 16th victim.